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Injured workers were asked to rate six different people who may have helped or hindered (a lot or a little) getting them back to work including health professionals, those in the workplace and compensation providers. The proportion who identified each person is shown in the graph.

 

Rehabilitation provider - 77% said the Rehabilitation provider helped their return to work (if one was involved in their case). The figure is below the national average of 80%.

 

Main supervisor - 49% of employees advised their main supervisor was helpful in return to work. This has bounced back from a small drop over the last few years.  

 

Employer - In 2011-12, employers were considered to be helpful with RTW by 54% of respondents, an increase of a few percent on the previous year and above the national average.

 

Doctor -  76% of employees considered their doctor to have helped with return to work in 2011-12. This rate has fluctuated between 75 and 80% over the  last five years and currently below the national rate.

 

Insurer -  39% of Victorian injured employees indicated the insurer was helpful to their return to work, a 2% increase from last year and notably lower than the national average of 46%.

 

Question:   Now I am going to read a list of different people. For each person I would like you to tell me if they helped you get back to work, made it harder to go back to work or had no effect on you getting back to work.